The Drunken Cat’s actions are very soft and swift along with his hand gestures, which are prominent in Beijing Opera. This is a strong example of the incorporation by King Hu as The Drunken Cat is portraying strong Beijing Opera representations in a modern setting. We also observe this in other scenes of the film; Hu stylistically choreographed the fight scenes (Wu Xia Pian) to resemble traditional operatic composition because he wanted to create a performance rather than a fight scene. The teahouse scene ends at a low
The main lighting is off and instead there are spotlights and disco-like moving lights on the walls, rather like what you would see if you were watching a play. The change in lights also brings a change of atmosphere from sensible to chaos and playfulness. The lighting is used like this to show how The Cat is frivolous and full of humour and energy. A media technique used in most plays is Sound. Although during the scene there are no voice-overs there is sound in many other ways including background music, rhythmic and rhyming songs, and sound effects.
This is an example of Burton representing Edwards’s personality through diegetic sound. Lighting techniques represent how inside his castle everything is hollow and dark because there are shadows highlighting the natural light source. The props in the film teach the audience more about Edwards’s personality and re-enforce the theme of non-conformity. For example, in excerpt one we see a newspaper article
A dark, mysterious building is towering above, ominous music is starting to play, and automatically Tim Burton is thought of. Many of Burton’s films are portrayed as a bit “creepy,” even though the plot may be of pleasant nature. As a child, Tim Burton could be considered quirky. In his youth he enjoyed watching monster films and playing in the cemetery. He always thought of his childhood as normal, because it was what he was used to.
Although it may sound mysterious I would like to find out whether the silver-tongued cat in “Puss in Boots” is more skilful than the cat in “Master Cat” which is more silent but its thoughts are hidden in its internal monologue. Both these phrases can be applied to the authors as well, Carter is the “silver-tongued” one and Perrault is the “silent” but with latent moralities. At first I am going to introduce briefly the plot of both stories. Perrault’s tale begins when heritage of an old miller is being divided among his three sons. The youngest one receives a cat, which finally turns out to be a great triumph.
In particular the viewer’s attention is drawn to the despair resonating from certain characters. Nick and Phil are both captured in darkness, while Julia is prominently filmed under dimmed lighting. Toward the beginning of Look Both Ways the side lighting and artificial computer reflections mold Nick’s distressed facial expressions as he comes to terms with his cancer. The subdued lighting of Phil’s office is reflective of the glum atmosphere. The beams of streetlights through the windows of the same office accompany the lyrics “if I stepped into the light”, placing emphasis on his chosen isolation.
This complimenting the bin with random things in, and the contrast of props on stage. Lighting was used to set mood, and gave you a hint of whom the actors were playing. Shown with normal lighting when actors were playing actors, and then when acting the characters the lighting would change to fit what was happening in that scene. For example the dream scene. This scene had soft purple lighting, then as it turned into a nightmare the colour got darker and went towards a more reddish lighting.
This could be reference to the sudden questioning of the moon by the cat as the moons effect on the cat seems to come to a standstill. In terms of an underlying meaning of nature, Yeats is hinting that the seemingly different aspects of nature such as a cat and the moon can be joined by something magical. Furthermore, it also incorporates aspects of arguments within nature which could lead the reader to question the link between the natural world and the human race. The structure of the poem also has similar effects to those of the rhythm. The poem is all one stanza, adding to the songlike effect.
With the film being silent, the music plays a huge role. The music sets the tone for the scene. The dark setting of the castle and the directors choice of black and white makes it much scarier. Count Orlok’s shadow lurking up the steps to Ellen’s room is much more chilling in grayscale. Also, the entire time, music is cueing the audience of the tone.
For many artists, a great way to spark people’s curiosity is by using negative space in their works. In the 2009 poster, the negative space is darkness which hints at a more mysterious Sherlock Holmes. After someone sees the poster, the goal is for them to be so curious as to know why the character looks so mysterious that they’ll have to see the movie. Sometimes movie poster artist use negative space to draw a character or figure. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Hound of the Baskervilles” uses the negative space to draw the outline of Sherlock Holmes’s head while smoking his pipe.